Natural Born Killers

I finally finished the film Natural Born Killers after only seeing the first half of it two months ago. When I saw that first half, I was amazed by the story, the cinematography, and action. The story: Two lovers who are also mass murderers are on the run from the law as well as killing as many people as they can until the day they are arrested. But that's only half of it. I have never seen any cinematography like it in a film. Not only did they use regular colour film, black and white, and different colours to show characters' emotions, this film cleverly used stock footage and flashback cuts to show messages throughout the movie. What I took away from this movie had a huge impact on me, seeing as how it applies to my life: Desensitization of violence in the media. In the bloody rampage at the end of the movie, they film it for the news while footage of families happily watch this massacre.

The acting in this movie is superb, especially Tommy Lee Jones, who plays a prison warden that goes mad. Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis' performances and relationship make this movie: without them, I don't think it would have been as much as a success with me. Overall, I give this movie a 9.0 out of 10 because of the amazing aspects of it that make great cinema.